It's also really sad that in the cradle of Liberty it is "possibly illegal" to say something racist.

Now, if one says that "The day the Soviet Union fell was the saddest day of my life", then one can be a Labour MP, because the USSR was such a beacon to the proletariat. In spite of that "big ooops" involving the murder of millions of its own citizens.

They should have put a full court press on him, dug through his trash, shown his wife and kids on the screen, brought the mother of the dead kid to confront him, followed him to work (if he goes) or to the pub (which he surely does). Ask his friends, his mom, his dad what they think of his behavior.

There is no sign word for troll that I know of, internet troll or regular troll. It is easy enough and fast enough to spell without a break. Here is a person on the ewe-tubes, boy or woman I cannot quite make out, explaining not to feed the trolls. He/she uses 'people' 'argue' 'massive confusion like a storm' then asks if we know what their name is, then spells 'troll' as if spelling to a younger brother who is a bit slow on the uptake. Which would be us.

There is a surprising dearth of internet-related words. That I know of. I'll ask around. For instance, there is not 'internet' and there is no 'net' although I could convey the idea of a net easily enough in two swipes. There is a word for web.

Psyche! That bird still freaks me out. Notice how breezily she spells 'web,' so crystalline and graphically it veritably shouts and yet so rapidly if you blink you miss it. You get the w on the upswing, the e is the clearest but briefest of pauses, and the b booms sound waves directly at your face. So that will do for web. Although I could drape a web with two hands and fake it. Or make the air-web rigid and electrify it. We always considered spelling a last resort, sort of a lack of imagination.

Naaahh... Barry would never provide cover for a racist. Just ask AG Eric Holder. Or his typical, white grandmother and her fears.

And in other news, Generalisimo Francisco Franco is still dead. And Generalisimo Fidel Castro is not.

Ps. In bball, Tyler Zeller didn't guard Duke's most prolific scorer and 3 point marksman Austin Rivers in the final 2 seconds of the UNC/Duke game. Zeller stood motionless 2 feet inside the 3 point circle, allowing Rivers to dribble the ball unmolested, line up his shot, and drill it, for the Blue Devils 1 point win at Chappel Hill.(trolling. its not just for Brits anymore)

The other thing I thought was appalling, apart from what the target did in fact say online, was how that "journalist" just couldn't, simply couldn't, absolutely wouldn't (and, I am sure, can't see why he should and ought) ask a question and let it stand. Couldn't wait for an answer. Didn't want an answer, really. His reportage was all and only about opining and not one thing more. Both so-called "reporter"--better described as "announcer"--and subject are absolutely disgusting to me (not that anyone asked for my judgement or opinion).

But. since no one asked, I feel compelled to share this:

That announcer is even worse than the subject. Such announcers are thrilled to find such subjects, on account of such being their bread and butter.

No, I don't think so. How weird that in trying to find an analogy, I guess, that you come up with references to both Bill O'Reilly and Bill Moyers. That is so far from the point I was making it's almost comical. Almost, but not.

Actually rcommal, it's a great analogy, just a bad example because Moyer turned the table on Billo's flunkie and had an actual intelligent conversation, whereas most of Billo's flunkies er ambush wannabes are rude insufferable twits.

shilo, I find much to admire to about Moyers' work and have learned a lot from it over, yea, these many decades. I was not a fan of O'Reilly's during his [especially] "Current Affairs" years, though it's true that he chalked up some good stuff then, only appreciated later. I think he's more fair about a lot of things in a number of ways than many others are, these days. (And, at the same time, I still have problems with how he does some things and also, more fundamentally, how he approaches an array of things.)

That said: "Billo"?

That's a marker. You must be a Keith Olbermann...if not fan, than a follower.

Keith Olbermann is an execrable piece of shit. Dishonest and self-serving to the core, and among those I'd count as the absolute best examples of "announcer"--as referenced in my earlier comment.

He is a terrible journalist and an awful person and a blight on commentary.

I can, and do, and have, put up with an awful lot. I will not put up with Keith Olbermann--

--and I will not put up with you either, shiloh, if that shit is the sort with whom you identify.

Since this is a conservative blog and Althouse's flock, including Meade do nothing but call Obama and Dems childish names 24/7, you do indeed put up w/a lot. ;)

And your dislike er obsession re: Olbermann is duly noted.

As mentioned, I stopped watching fixednoise (3+) years ago and Billo's ad nauseam whining about Dems/Obama was slightly amusing, but you really need to let your feelings about Olbermann go, as it will surely be your undoing.

So let's recap, shall we:

rcommal hates Olbermann about the same as most of Althouse's flock hate Obama.

Never hated cheney/bush although I know many liberals did and still do. It's basically a waste of time to hate ie non productive and conservative evangelicals would frown :D on all this conservative blog hatred of Obama/Dems.

Very "Big Brother". Nimrod is an easy powerless slow moving target and because by his actions he's so unsympathetic he'll get no defense. The BBC on the other hand is a government backed sanctimonious bully. Putting his name and face out there will likely follow him for life. Perhaps he deserves it, but I prefer juries and judges to determine punishments rather than roving film crews.

"Because being a government owned broadcaster is all about speaking truth to some random jerk."

Yea, that is a little ominous. The State sending out it's reporters to hunt down a single private citizen for having an unapproved opinion. One of many things wrong with government owning important industries.

"The BBC has told its journalists not to call Abu Qatada, the al-Qaeda preacher, an “extremist” in order to avoid making a “value judgment”, the corporation’s managers have ruled that he can only be described as “radical”. Journalists were also cautioned against using images suggesting the preacher is overweight.

more "truth to power" cowardice:

"... before it started, a man entered the lecture theatre, stood at the front with a camera and filmed the audience. He then said that he knew who everyone was, where they lived and if he heard anything negative about the Prophet, he would track them down."

A search of BBC News site returned no hits for Anne Marie Waters. One can imagine what would have been reported had the aggressor been 'Christian' and the victim Muslim?"